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Akamai data shows that in the days leading up to and including Lunar New Year, the activity of malicious bots increased 15% in China over the previous month. While a similar surge occurs during the high-traffic seen at the end-of-year holidays in EMEA and the U.S. ? China and Japan present a particularly enticing opportunity for successful cyberattacks because of the sheer volume in traffic: Retailers and ecommerce here serve some of the largest populations in the world.

I think we can all agree that sustainability is one of the most important topics that we will discuss this year. It's driving consumer habits, business practices, and investment decisions. And it?s a discussion that?s happening at every level of the business; from procurement all the way up to the boardroom.

In 2021, the impact of the Akamai Foundation?s philanthropic activities continued to expand beyond science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, deepening our commitment to digital equity and inclusion around the globe and to making a positive impact in the communities we serve.

A new reflection/amplification distributed denial of service (DDoS) vector with a record-breaking potential amplification ratio of 4,294,967,296:1 has been abused by attackers in the wild to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks.

I?ve always loved building things. At Akamai, I get to be part of a team that builds amazing things ? things that power and protect online experiences and make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. But delivering those online experiences comes with a catch.

Danny Lewin Community Care Days (DLCCDs) are a celebration of our late co-founder Danny Lewin?s generous spirit and his tenacious appetites for collaboration, innovation, and (especially) giving back to our global community. DLCCDs bring to life our values and empower all Akamai employees to volunteer in the communities where we work, operate, and live.

Akamai stands with the people of Ukraine. As the assault on Ukraine continues, we are inspired by the courageous citizens defending their sovereignty.

See how Apple worked with Akamai to launch iCloud Private Relay. Learn about the service and how it can be best leveraged for Akamai customers.

2021, a year of creating a more diverse tech future with The Akamai Foundation.

Over the past week, Akamai Security Researchers have detected and analyzed a series of TCP reflection attacks, peaking at 11 Gbps at 1.5 Mpps, that were leveled against Akamai customers. The attack, amplified with a technique called TCP Middlebox Reflection, abuses vulnerable firewalls and content filtering systems to reflect and amplify TCP traffic to a victim machine, creating a powerful DDoS attack.

With Ukraine moving beyond the brink of war with an official invasion by Russia underway, organizations both near and afar must brace for potential repercussions in the form of crippling cyberattacks and intrusions. Already Ukraine has been bombarded with DDoS assaults aimed at taking down government sites, communication providers, and financial institutions.

A lot has happened since we published our January recap blog. Akamai launched a new documentation site on readme.io, we started a new season of Terraform Tapas, and we saw many amazing contributions from our Developer Champions.

Akamai?s security and network teams use our vast view of internet activity to closely monitor and act upon potential cyber threats, and we are taking appropriate measures to review our defensive posture and ensure the integrity of Akamai systems and the Akamai network.

The Technical Enablement and Education team, part of Akamai?s Global Services organization, has won a coveted Brandon Hall Group silver medal for ?Excellence in Technology,? for their automatic hands-on Lab Validation System (LVS). The automatic LVS is used throughout Global Service training courses, as well as in Channel Partner product certification, to provide real-time evaluations quickly and accurately for hands-on lab training associated with learning how to implement Akamai products.

The year 2021 was definitely challenging for security practitioners. The number of data breaches continued to rise; a report issued by the Identity Theft Resource Center stated that the total number of breaches in the first three quarters of 2021 exceeded the total number of events in all of 2020 by 17%.

Our longest-standing Developer Advocate, Mike Elissen, noticed an opportunity to make Akamai?s developer relations even stronger. He co-created Developer Champions, an advocacy program that helps Akamai employees better meet customer needs.

Akamai announced our intent to acquire Linode. The acquisition is intended to create the world?s most distributed compute platform. This new cloud to edge platform will make it easier for developers and businesses to build, run, and secure applications, especially given the complexities of Web3.

1&1 Versatel is a B2B provider for fibre gigabit connections and network-related services in Germany. The company is part of the United Internet AG and as such a sister company of 1&1 AG. 1&1 Versatel operates one of the biggest and most powerful fibre networks in Germany - providing its own network in more than 250 German cities and has implemented over 50,000 business customer solutions. We?re delighted that such an innovative company has chosen to partner with Akamai to increase the reach of its customer base to include smaller enterprises and to make its operations secure.

Akamai is compliant with applicable data privacy regulations in countries where we and our customers conduct business. This is a fundamental tenet of our company?s core values. After all, when you make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day, there?s an expectation that you will also protect their lives online. And that is exactly what we do.